Catlin Tucker

APRIL 15, 2024

Preparation for an Assessment: To prepare for upcoming tests or assessments, must-do stations provide practice and support in areas where data shows students struggle. These formative assessments can take the form of quizzes, short written responses, exit tickets, online discussions, and graphic organizers.

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Metacognitive Skills Math Blended Learning Quizzes 344

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

Most people associate Khan Academy with online videos, and that’s largely what it has been since 2005 when founder and CEO Sal Khan began recording instructional clips from his closet to help his cousin better understand math. We can add more subjects, practice modalities, lightweight quizzes and assessments, and also get data quicker.”

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

The district was among the first in the country to test the chatbot called Khanmigo, an AI program developed by online learning giant Khan Academy that is designed for classrooms and acts as a tutor for students and an assistant for teachers. How does Khanmigo work?

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eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2020

Remark Test Grading Cloud available to all teachers for free, including electronic bubble sheets for distributing and grading assessments. is offering instructors a free 60-day subscription to its popular Remark Test Grading Cloud application.

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Testing Grades Multiple Choice Questions Teachers 105

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Then, they find or create digital content, objective tests, and performance tasks aligned to those learning objectives, which they post to an LMS. Software-directed Instructional Model In this model, teachers guide their students as they progress through third-party learning software, such as iXL, Math Academy, Khan Academy, or i-Ready.

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Quizzes Textbooks Testing Essay 237

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2017

Students are lined up outside your door, not yet comfortable enough to talk to each other as they wait to be let into math class. But more importantly, every single one of them is listening attentively for their next instructions—right in the middle of math class. This step requires students to use a specific math concept.

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Math Quizzes Textbooks Testing 140

eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2017

. “For teachers and students, organization is important, and being able to reorder class cards allows us to keep our classes organized in a simple and personalized way,” notes Ross Berman, a 7th and 8th grade math teacher. Soon, teachers will be able to import grades from Quizzes directly into Google Classroom. Sneak Peak!

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Quizzes Teachers Mobile Devices Assignments 200

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

All tests are registered trademarks of their respective owners. This product has been developed independently from and is not endorsed by the International Baccalaureate Organization. International Baccalaureate is a registered trademark owned by the International Baccalaureate Organization.

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Quizzes Achievement Students Social Studies 231

Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Now, he and Baselice collaborate to create and test games and are actively trying to gather evidence that these activities aren’t just good for engagement, but for long-term learning. When I’m testing a game, I have no way of knowing if it's going to be blocked by the school’s servers,” Angie says.

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Teachers Quizzes Testing Learning Outcomes 215

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2019

The nonprofit ACT, which is best-known for its standardized college entrance test, privately demonstrated its new skill on an Amazon Echo Dot. The ACT skill, which provides general information about the exam and can help students prepare for the test, will be available to the public this fall. Alexa, when is the next ACT test date?

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Skills Quizzes Teachers Testing 167

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2021

Did you simply practice the same type of A/B testing that’s common throughout the tech sphere? That’s the ethics debate playing out in one online educator space , a lively back-and-forth carried over from a recent workshop on educational A/B testing. But if researchers are A/B testing two innocuous options, what’s the harm?

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Ethics Knowledge Testing Learning 207

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Renaissance Learning , a provider of K-12 software and assessments, including the widely used STAR tests, has agreed to acquire Nearpod for $650 million. Nearpod has since expanded the toolbox with features that let teachers create quizzes, offer virtual reality content for digital field trips, and embed mini-games into lessons.

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Mobile Devices Learning Quizzes Science 207

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

00:00:35 Speaker 1 The math teacher. But we’re not testing the teachers. And so by taking those together, plus adding in just basic assessments, what you know, type of test, the traditional test capabilities, quizzes. If you’re a computer science educator, you go teach in high school or university.

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Science Teachers STEM Middle School 285

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

based provider of an online education platform has acquired AI-powered math platform, Symbolab. Initial growth came as a repository for students to share course specific material such as tests, quizzes, study guides and lecture notes. Symbolab is an advanced math calculator used by 50 million students worldwide.

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Plagiarism Lecturing Quizzes Math 155

eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

AI-powered diagnostic tools that identify areas for improvement and guide test takers through targeted study sessions. Interactive quizzes with instant feedback to reinforce learning and save educators’ valuable time. For more information about Study.com’s free Praxis Core Prep resources, visit: [link]

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Intelligence Exams Ethics Learning Styles 260

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Racially divisive systems are prevalent in schools such as mine (and in all schools) through traditional grading structures, grade tracking, standardized testing and punitive disciplinary actions—all of which further disadvantage career and college opportunities for our students of color.

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Learning Schools Students History 204

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2018

Educators shifting to competency-based models often tout to the power of allowing students to master a topic by taking a test again and again until they do well, rather than failing them if they bomb the first time. The philosophy is that such repeated testing will make sure they get to a level where the material truly sinks in.

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Study Quizzes Math Exams 129

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

Soon, users will see a new tab labeled “Classwork” that will take them to a page where assignments and quizzes can be organized by topics. That means a math teacher can group all activities related to fractions, or an English teacher can post recurring assignments in just one place (instead of having to post to the stream every time).

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Education Quizzes Assignments Testing 161

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

Issues With Feedback and Testing It’s much easier to hide in a digital world. But that’s not always the case in subjects such as math and science that require secure environments for test taking. and Khan Academy, which allows for timed tests. It’s a struggle for us,” Boyle says.

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Schools Students Assignments Testing 218

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

CoCo is still in its beta phase, being tested out by educators from 65 different countries. No one wants to be at the bottom of a leaderboard,” says Deepak Cheenath, co-founder of Quizizz, a classroom tool that lets teachers create pop quizzes and games. Competing [in a game] doesn’t work as motivation for every student.

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Gamification Motivation Game-Based Learning Math 205

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2018

It’s a reminder that tech startup valuations are sometimes based more on potential than proof of revenue, and Kahoot is the latest test of whether a popular free education tool can successfully monetize and become financially stable. That’s the math behind its $2.1 It also reports that 4.5 million revenue forecast this year.

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Quizzes Math Testing Language 151

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 26, 2019

Each targeted quest curates a collection of third-party apps, webtools, videos, games, and other resources that focus on particular math or reading skills identified by the teacher or from the student’s earlier work as an area of academic need. When all the challenges are completed, take a post-test. What is eSpark?

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Math Reading Learning Assignments 83

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

Robert Talbert is a math professor, so numbers are his thing. The student knew the material, but she just wasn’t a good test-taker. Her score on that exam was so low, in fact, that she realized she had no chance to get an A in the course, no matter how well she might do on future tests and assignments. This is a serious problem.

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Grades Exams Feedback Testing 201

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The Texas Education Agency awards letter grades to schools and districts based on test scores and other student performance metrics. In addition to districts, schools in Texas are individually given A through F grades based partially on standardized test scores. Miles quickly created big and controversial plans to improve scores.

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Schools Multiple Choice Questions Testing Reading 218

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2024

Student are convinced they can’t learn what we’re teaching, worry they won’t do well on the tests, and become filled with anxiety over anything in a course that looks like it might be hard. The anxiety some students feel about a course grows out of fears associated with test-taking. Nowadays that seems to apply to all sorts of courses.

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Teaching Multidisciplinary Multiple Choice Questions Exams 110

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

When you’re in the classroom, there are reminders about homework, quizzes, test reviews, etc. In my daughter’s math class, the kids started a Discord channel. How stressful is that for a student if they are virtually learning and their internet goes out? Faith Bongiorno Any silver linings? STEM Activities for Kids.

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Student Engagement STEM Students Quizzes 211

Edsurge

JULY 6, 2016

There were worksheets, multiple choice tests, and lectures in front of the classroom. He would encourage his students to bring flashcards to use during multiple choice tests, and while students would indeed make the flashcards, they “didn’t actually use them,” Linane recalls. Check out the full scoop below. Instructional need(s).

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High School High School Quizzes Teachers 102

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2022

Depending upon the tool selected, learning will also link to a wide variety of academic topics, such as writing, social studies, and math. Khan Academy is an online program designed to teach math skills starting from where student knowledge is. It uses a combination of videos, whiteboard how-tos, practice exercises, and quick quizzes.

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Activities Schools Writing Knowledge 202

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

I watched her during one of the quizzes and she paid attention to all the characteristics that would eventually make her a top-notch typist but were now slowing her down to about half of any other 4th grader. Anhil was much more knowledgeable than any other 6th grader about the solar system but his math skills were seriously deficient.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 15, 2021

quizzes and flashcards), rather than cramming information into students’ heads (e.g., practicing math problems, quizzes, flashcards, teacher lectures, and so on). A number of educators across the country are finding great value in ‘learning science’ books such as Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning.

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Quizzes Learning Lecturing Students 143

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 5, 2019

Topics include math, science, writing, spelling, health, statistics, SAT prep, engineering, technology, astronomy, English, history and more — over 5,000 topics in seventy languages. Perfect choices for this would be a crossword puzzle, word search, hangman, Memory Game, MadLibs, Typing Test, a Quiz Show, and Mix and Match.

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Learning Quizzes Activities Reading 149

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2019

For the first purchase in the company’s 8-year history, it will acquire Dragonbox , which offers a suite of math educational games, for $18 million in a cash-and-stock purchase. The company has since expanded its collection of games to cover other math skills, from number sense to geometry proofs. The company also earned $1.9

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Quizzes Math History Motivation 114

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2024

Student are convinced they can’t learn what we’re teaching, worry they won’t do well on the tests, and become filled with anxiety over anything in a course that looks like it might be hard. The anxiety some students feel about a course grows out of fears associated with test-taking. Nowadays that seems to apply to all sorts of courses.

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Teaching Multidisciplinary Multiple Choice Questions Exams 96

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 5, 2015

That means posters, math papers, art projects, tests, summatives must be scanned into the server and filed in each student’s digital portfolio. Consider how much classwork is still done with pencil and paper–tests, posters, reports, pop quizzes.

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Classroom Management Quizzes Art Testing 114

Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2020

The app presents students with a typical fifth-grade math question—turn 29 / 9 into a mixed fraction. This is the basic premise of Thinkster Math, a New Jersey-based company that marries replay technology with a tutoring service. based SelectQ for an undisclosed amount, says Raj Valli, CEO and founder of Thinkster Math.

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Math Quizzes English Testing 89

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

That is truer today than ever as new technology has increased the instructional possibilities, and evidence-based, on-demand testing has forced me to get creative. But ThinkCERCA is more than just a traditional framework; the online program provides a lesson library with texts related to literature, math, science, and social studies.

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Writing Essay Teaching Quizzes 127

Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

Last year, many teachers found themselves wrestling with the popularity of Fortnite—to the extent that teachers have written about how to best cope with the phenomenon and turn it into teachable math lessons. And no combination of games, quizzes and lesson plans can guarantee that students always have positive online experiences.

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Teaching Quizzes Communication Ethics 159